09.06.06 - Student interns get real-world experience on spacecraft exploring the red planet.
09.05.06 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter fired its six intermediate-size thrusters in a maneuver to make the shape of its orbit closer to the planned geometry for the mission's main science phase, beginning in November.
08.30.06 - Nearly six months after it entered orbit, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has concluded its aerobraking phase.
08.25.06 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun the final and fastest-paced portion of its "aerobraking" process of using friction with the top of Mars' atmosphere to shrink the spacecraft's orbit.
03.07.06 - Tracy Drain ticks off the complex chain of mission planning and software programming required for NASA's latest Mars orbiter to reach its destination.
03.02.06 - The spacecraft team that has been working furiously during the orbiter’s cruise is now preparing for a big moment at Mars: the mission-critical Mars orbit insertion.
10.20.05 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter set the record for interplanetary missions, sending back the most data in a single day.
10.13.05 - Conserving energy is on everyone's minds these days - especially navigators responsible for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's seven-month journey to Mars!
08.09.05 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is ready for a morning launch on Thursday, Aug. 11.
08.03.05 - Kennedy's Launch Services team gives MRO the right rocket for the job.
08.02.05 - Tammy Harrington and her team, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's safety factor.
07.29.05 - Artist Tina DiCicco puts a surrealistic spin on a complex Mars mission, giving it a decidedly different look.
04.12.05 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will follow clues to where the lost Mars Polar Lander and Beagle 2 might be.
08.31.04 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will collect detailed data that will pave the way for future surface missions to Mars.
07.06.04 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a little over a year away from its date with destiny, when it will ride atop a rocket into space, bound for the Red Planet.